About IYF

Team & Board

Meet our global staff of passionate and experienced youth development professionals. With diverse backgrounds and talents, we’re all dedicated to transforming lives, together.

Our Board

Joseph M. Matalon, Chairman

Chairman of ICD Group Limited
Umran Beba, Vice Chair; Governance Comm. Chair

Partner, August Leadership
Katie Beirne Fallon, Vice Chair

EVP, Communications, Public Affairs and Policy, Fidelity Investments
Didier Acouetey

President and Founder, AfricSearch Group
Carlo Angeles
Douglas L. Becker, Chair Emeritus

Founder & Chairman of Cintana Education; Founder of Laureate Education, Inc.
Andrea Gonzalez-Negron

Founder, Salto Peru
Leonard Hill

United States Consul General (Retired)
Emmanuel Jimenez, Program Committee Chair

Director General, Independent Evaluation Department, Asian Development Bank
Donzel A. Leggett, NACD.DC, Investment & Audit Committee Chair

Principal, Destiny Development Delta, LLC
Alejandro Maza

Founder and CEO, OPI Analytics
Germán Santillán

Founder and CEO, Oaxacanita Chocolate
Christina Sass

President & CEO
Aakash Sethi

Founder & CEO, Quest Alliance
Constance Elizabeth Swaniker

Founder & President, Design and Technology Institute (DTI). Founder & Director, Accents & Art Ltd (A&A).
Steven Tom

Senior Vice President, Chief Customer Officer, Adtalem Global Education
Susan Yashar

Retired Deloitte Global Deputy CEO and General Counsel
William S. Reese

CEO Emeritus, IYF

Our Team

Jorge Barragan

Chief Program Officer
Jason Watters

Chief Operating Officer
Kelly Meeker

Chief of Staff to CEO
Mike Canter

Chief of Staff to COO
Julie Steiger

Deputy Chief Program Officer
Adolfo Aguirre

Global Controller
Ivelina Benitez

Director, US Workforce Development
Mary Burmeister

Director for Corporate and Foundation Partnerships
Eric Couper

Digital Development Director
Linda Fogarty

Director of Measurement, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL), USA
Diego Gallon

Director, Compliance & Operations
Karen González

Global Director, Human Resorces
Lucía Hernández

Director of Data and Performance
Alberto Peniche

Regional Director, Latin America & the Caribbean
Pia Saunders Campbell

Head of International Growth & Policy
Liz Vance

Innovation Director, Global
Jania Argüelles

Senior Communications Manager, Latin America & the Caribbean
Miguel Primo Armendariz

Country Director, MEXICO
Carmen Avilés

M&E Coordinator
Alysha Bakken

Executive Administrator and Assistant to the CEO
Andres Baron

Program Director
Jorge Beltrán

Finance Coordinator
Valentina Berdiales

Program Coordinator
Jesús Bocanegra

Deputy Program Director
Alessa Caceres

Program Coordinator
Lydia Corona

Program Coordinator
Giovany Delgado

Manager, Business Development
Edmari Del Valle

Program Manager, US Workforce Development
Eloise DiCola

Innovation Officer
Daniela Enríquez

Program Coordinator
María Esquivelzeta

Program Manager
Ana Evancic

Program Officer
Angélica Giannakis

Finance Coordinator
Juana Catalina Gil

Program Coordinator
Lynda Gomez de la Vega

Program Officer, Life Skills
Sofía González

Program Officer
Elizabeth Gordy

Business Development Manager
Monica Green

Payroll and Benefits Manager
Rhonda Greenway

Senior Technical Advisor
Luisa Hedding

Finance Officer
Sofia Heredia

Program Officer
Judith Hermosillo

Senior Program Manager
Eunice Hernandez

Program Coordinator
Juan Carlos Hernandez

Country Director, COLOMBIA
Hellen Hurtado

Program Officer
Saheli Khastagir

Senior Technical Writer
David López

Senior Program Officer
Roberto López

Regional Finance Manager, Latin America & the Caribbean
Pamela Loya

Senior Program Manager
Jemima Jocabed Morales

Program Manager
Katia Moreno

Program Director
Marlene Núñez

Administrative & HR Officer
Marissa Pérez

MERL Manager
Félix Ramírez

Program Director
Aily Reséndez

Program Coordinator
Angela Sabogal

Senior Program Manager
Valeria Rocha

Measurement Evaluation Research and Learning Manager
Yessica Sánchez

Program Coordinator
Ana Sigala

Program Manager
Alejandra Torres

Program Coordinator
Caleb Valdez

Finance & Administration Manager
Mariana Vazquez

Award Officer, AMU
Martha Villegas

Programs and Administrative Specialist
Adam Yockey

Project Director, Global Programs
Maria Jose Zurita

Finance, Administration, and Accounting Officer